United States v. Grafton Earl Stewart

J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Grafton Earl Stewart, appeals from his conviction for violation of the Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1948, § 12, 62 Stat. 622, 50 U.S.C.A.App. § 462, for failure to obey an order of his local draft board to appear before it for assignment. Stewart, a member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, asserts that his conviction was based on the local selective service board’s failure properly to grant him a IV — D classification as a minister of religion. Such a classification would have exempted Stewart from an obligation to serve. 50 U.S.C.A.App. §…